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Algonquin High pays tribute to 'Fid
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Mark Fidrych, Baseball's Beloved 'Bird,' Dies at 54 - The New York
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Mark “The Bird” Fidrych, 54, Dies in Apparent Accident
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From Justin Verlander to Mark Fidrych: A look back at the Detroit
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> Thread > It's All About the Yankees and
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UPDATE: Things I meant to write just after Mark Fidrych died
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Detroit Tigers' pitcher Mark Fidrych, May 2, 1976. (AP Photo/Fred
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Detroit Tigers flashback: The night Mark Fidrych was 'horse manure
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40 years later, Northboro's Mark Fidrych remains one of baseball's